Rhea Springs
Submerged settlement · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -84.827
Why it was abandoned
🌊 Flooded
Detected automatically from the text: Originally established in the 19th century as a health resort, the community was inundated when the completion of Watts Bar Dam by the Tennessee Valley Authority flooded the lower Piney Valley in 1942.
History
Rhea Springs was a community once located along the Piney River in Rhea County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. Originally established in the 19th century as a health resort, the community was inundated when the completion of Watts Bar Dam by the Tennessee Valley Authority flooded the lower Piney Valley in 1942.